Friday the 13th Movie Reviews

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The new Friday the 13th movie comes to theaters this Friday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. From the director of the surprisingly good Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, the movie is destined to be the best of the franchise, even if by default. After all, let’s face it: the Friday the 13th series is terrible. Compared to all of the other big horror franchises such as Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween, this series is C-grade garbage.

Of course, that didn’t stop me from watching the first three movies over the weekend. Why? Because Paramount sent me the new DVDs, which were just re-released on February 3, 2009 to take advantage of the new film. I watched all three in a 24-hour span, and have to say that they’re better than I remembered… but not by much.

Here are my Friday the 13th movie reviews…

Friday the 13th (1980)
I came home from a long day at work earlier this week and there, sitting on my doorstep, was the first three Friday the 13th movies. In conjunction with the upcoming release of the new Friday the 13th remake, Paramount is understandably trying to cash in by re-releasing several of the films on DVD. Despite loving slasher flicks, I’ve never been a fan of the series, but that night, with nothing better to do other than watch the utterly boring Miracle at St. Anna, I figured I might give the franchise another chance. More…

Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Having just received the first three Friday the 13th movies in the mail the other day, it didn’t take me long to start watching them. In fact, about five minutes after I finished the first movie, I went right onto the second, eager for some Jason goodness. Of course, ‘Jason goodness’ is relative, given that Friday the 13th is one of the worst horror franchises on the market. More…

Friday the 13th Part III: In 3D (1982)
The wonderful director who made Friday the 13th Part 2 returns to direct Friday the 13th Part 3: 3-D. Unfortunately, he didn’t learn from his mistakes and Part 3 is shockingly worse than the last one. More…

AROUND THE WEB

While I have fond memories of the old Friday the 13th movies, after updated viewings in recent years they have their charm, but just don’t quite hold up. This new one though seems like it has the chops to fix all that while still bringing me plenty of inventive murders and hopefully triple murders (My personal favoite type of murder relating to quantities)Fandom Film!!

DRAGON TROGDOR

Someone needs to call Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios and convince them to put Derek Mears in “The Avengers” as Thor. Seriously, slap some blond hair on his head, give him a winged helmet and a mighty hammer, and BAM!: Norse God of Thunder.